With Justice Stephen Breyer stepping down, President Biden has his first nomination to the high court. He campaigned on picking a Black woman for the lifetime appointment.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who's 81, did not say whether she will stick by a pledge she made in 2018 to limit her tenure in elected leadership.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said a law prohibiting members of Congress from picking individual stocks isn't needed, but added if it has the backing of her caucus she is OK with it.

Democrats' voting rights effort was blocked in the Senate, but they did get a victory at the Supreme Court — in the quest for Trump White House records related to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., doesn't trade stocks, but thinks lawmakers should be able to pick individual stocks. The top House Republican backs a new ban amid a bipartisan push for reform.

President Biden called for changes to Senate rules in an effort to pass voting rights legislation. Among the challenges to his effort is a lack of unity among Senate Democrats to making those changes.

The South Dakota Republican, a likely successor to Republican leader Mitch McConnell, says he will run for reelection in 2022, putting an end to the speculation about his political future.

Distrust between the parties is high a year after the violent insurrection. And it has affected how the institution operates.

It's the latest push by Senate Democrats to make good on their promise to pass voting rights legislation.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is asking fellow members of Congress to cooperate in the probe.

The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has requested that Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, a longtime ally of ex-President Trump, voluntarily provide information to the panel.

Chairman Bennie Thompson's letter to Jordan asks for information and an interview to discuss his conversations with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6.

President Biden acknowledged in a statement Thursday night that his spending agenda will be delayed well beyond a hoped-for Christmas vote in the Senate and now may take "days and weeks" to complete.

President Biden acknowledged that his Build Back Better spending bill is going to need "days and weeks" to complete, even though Democrats wanted to vote on it by Christmas.

For weeks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had promised a vote on Biden's social and climate agenda before Christmas. But all 50 senators in caucus have not been able to unify behind the plan.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is working to tamp down internal feuds and shift members to talking about inflation and other issues that he believes will help his party return to the majority.

House Republicans are in a strong position to win back control of the chamber but divisions threaten to throw the party off message.

A growing number of House lawmakers have opted not to run again in 2022, but so far more Democrats than Republicans are choosing to end their service.

The bipartisan vote shows support for ramping up economic sanctions against the Chinese government. It bars any goods manufactured by Uyghurs in internment camps in Xinjiang.

U.S. lawmakers from both parties agree that China must face retaliation for human rights violations and took action Wednesday to go on the record against slave labor.